Tag: production

Nexstar Ramps Up KWKT’s News Production Facility with Core News™

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – July 12, 2017 – Bitcentral, Inc., a leader in the broadcast media industry, providing efficient workflow solutions that maximize the value of media. Today it announced that KWKT, a Fox-affiliated television station located in Waco, Texas and owned by Nexstar Media Group has launched their own news production operation with Core News. Bitcentral’s project management capabilities were key in Nexstar’s decision to continue deploying Core News across their stations for greater visibility, to create, manage and deliver quality content from anywhere, at any time.

KWKT now has a full Bitcentral playout solution integrated into their workflow, driving play-to-air servers and ingest encoding, taking rundowns to air without a hitch. Writers, producers and directors can now attach items to their stories in rundowns with multiple file type options, access all video sources (live and non-live) and manage content in real time, quickly and efficiently within a unified and intuitive environment.

 

About Bitcentral

With corporate headquarters in Newport Beach, CA and Latin American headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico, Bitcentral provides efficient and customized software solutions that maximize the value of media workflows. Our Core News solution is #1 in U.S. News Production, with over 255 TV stations going to air every day. This scalable system allows stations of all sizes to unify their story production processes with the most relevant features at the highest efficiency, with rock solid reliability and world class support.

Bitcentral is a software company dedicated to helping traditional broadcasters evolve in a world where content is coming from anywhere and going everywhere. Our products transform media operations with tools that enable content producers to deliver exceptional programming to their viewers and help their organizations grow each day. Over 1,000 media operations worldwide rely on Bitcentral news production and master control automation solutions and we’re proud to deliver the most outstanding customer experience in our industry for over 20 years. Thank you to all our customers who have helped Bitcentral grow. We are more motivated than ever to help you improve your media workflows to increase your productivity.

If you’d like an expert at Bitcentral to walk you through our workflow solutions, email lbennington@bitcentral.com

 


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KMID Goes Live with CORE:news™

Nexstar Broadcasting’s Odessa, TX station KMID is now producing news with CORE:news.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – December 7, 2015 – Today, Bitcentral announces the successful launch of Odessa, TX station KMID on its news production suite, CORE:news. KMID now has a complete news production, media management, media collaboration and archiving solution in CORE:news. Bitcentral welcomes the staff to their 200-plus North American broadcasters as well and 1000-plus facilities worldwide.

CORE:news is an easy-to-use modular news production tool that combines content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration, sharing, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow.

Bitcentral extends its congratulations and gratitude to the staff at KMID for their partnership throughout the implementation process and looks forward to being a valued partner each day.

About Bitcentral: Bitcentral creates simply efficient workflow solutions for broadcast and digital media. Our news production and master control and automation solutions power over 200 North American broadcaster operations and 1000 facilities worldwide.

WBRE Goes Live with CORE:news™

Nexstar Broadcasting’s Wilkes Barre, PA station WBRE is now producing their news programming with CORE:news.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – October 16, 2015 – Today, Bitcentral announces the successful launch of Wilkes Barre, PA station WBRE on its news production suite, CORE:news. WBRE now has a complete news production, media management, media collaboration and archiving solution in CORE:news. Bitcentral welcomes the staff to their 200-plus North American broadcasters as well and 1000-plus facilities worldwide.

CORE:news is an easy-to-use modular news production tool that combines content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration, sharing, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow.

Bitcentral extends its congratulations and gratitude to the staff at WBRE for their partnership throughout the implementation process and looks forward to being a valued partner each day.

About Bitcentral: Bitcentral creates simply efficient workflow solutions for broadcast and digital media. Our news production and master control and automation solutions power over 200 North American broadcaster operations and 1000 facilities worldwide.

KNDU Goes Live with CORE:news™

Cowles Publishing Company’s Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA station KNDU is now producing their news with CORE:news.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – June 5, 2015 – Today, Bitcentral is announcing the successful launch of Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA station KNDU. The station went live on Bitcentral’s CORE:news – a complete news production, media management, media collaboration and archiving solution. KNDU join’s over 200 North American broadcasters and over 1000 facilities worldwide utilizing Bitcentral solutions.

CORE:news is a modular production tool that combines content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow.

Bitcentral extends its congratulations and gratitude to the staff at KNDU for their partnership throughout the implementation process.

KEZI Goes Live with CORE:news™

Heartland Media’s Eugene, OR station KEZI is now producing their news with CORE:news.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – May 7, 2015 – Today, Bitcentral is announcing the successful launch of Eugene, OR station KEZI. The station went live on Bitcentral’s CORE:news – a complete news production, media management, media collaboration and archiving solution. KEZI join’s over 200 North American broadcasters and over 1000 facilities worldwide utilizing Bitcentral solutions.

CORE:news is a modular production tool that combines content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow.

Bitcentral extends its congratulations and gratitude to the staff at KEZI for their partnership throughout the implementation process.

KDRV Goes Live with CORE:news™

Heartland Media’s Medford, OR station KDRV is now producing news with CORE:news.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – April 30, 2015 – Today, Bitcentral is announcing the successful launch of Medford, OR station KDRV. The station went live on Bitcentral’s CORE:news – a complete news production, media management, media collaboration and archiving solution. KDRV join’s over 200 North American broadcasters and over 1000 facilities worldwide utilizing Bitcentral solutions.

CORE:news is a modular production tool that combines content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow.

Bitcentral extends its congratulations and gratitude to the staff at KDRV for their partnership throughout the implementation process.

KTAL Goes Live with CORE:news™

Nexstar’s Shreveport, LA station KTAL is now producing news with CORE:news.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – January 23, 2015 – Today, Bitcentral is announcing the successful launch of Shreveport, LA station KTAL. The station went live on Bitcentral’s CORE:news – a complete news production, media management, media collaboration and archiving solution for their 5pm show. KTAL join over 200 North American broadcasters and over 1000 facilities worldwide utilizing Bitcentral solutions.

CORE:news is a modular production tool that combines content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration, asset management and archiving into a single unified workflow.

Bitcentral extends its congratulations and gratitude to the staff at KTAL for their partnership throughout the implementation process.

KTAZ Goes Live with Upgrade to CORE:news™

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – December 16, 2013 – Bitcentral, dedicated to open news delivery and the success of its partners, announced today that Phoenix, AZ station KTAZ went live on CORE:news – a complete production, media management, media sharing and media archiving solution. KTAZ runs programming from the Telemundo network in Phoenix, Arizona and is the NBC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal.

Since CORE:news is a modular production tool that combines content capture, editing, play out, publishing, collaboration and asset management into one complete system, KTAZ will have the freedom and the tools to achieve more and reach further with their daily news programming.

Their upgrade to CORE:news gives KTAZ a complete News Production tool to “Collaborate” on project-based production including immediate logging and editing access to live and file-based sources, “Originate” unique content with a concise field-based workflow with finished and raw content acquisition via browser or iOS/Android mobile devices, “Reach” further with multi-platform publishing, and “Extend” their capabilities with raw media workflows that provide access to previously hidden and underutilized assets.

Now, everyone in the KTAZ newsroom has access to the same sources no matter the file type (video, audio, images, documents), everyone can participate in the process, everyone can prep content for air and publish everywhere all at the same time.

We’re excited to extend our partnership with KTAZ and would like to say congratulations and thank you to their staff for their partnership during the implementation project!